Interesting! I didn't know that part, I tried to get the black ankle boots too but Harrolds (the only local shop stocking them) had sold out in my size. I had thought about emailing Andrew McDonald to see if he had any left but completely forgot. I also can't afford his bespoke prices so unless he makes something similar again I'm stuck.

thanks for tagging me fistinyoface. I completely agree with you on his designs, the toe shape is quite pointy on a lot of his lasts and I really don't like the ones I've seen in person. The SFTM collab I have is great because the toe is more rounded than normal, plus, linen over leather The ones Synth posted seem pretty round though. Problem here is there's no-one that stocks them really so a lot of these shoes that might be interesting are only available in his store in...

a Specials reference with cherry docs is perfect
Also, I'm going to be in Tokyo 2 days after the collab above comes out, hopefully i can check it out in person. That store is right by my air bnb apartment so it just depends on whether it sells out in the first day.